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Paented Sept. 22, 1908.

0412111111. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 8, 1908.

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CABINET.

Arzmonlox FILED mm: a, 1900.

Patented Sept.22,1908.

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' witnesses UNITED sratrss PATEX canton.

CHARLES R'WEGENER AND HENRY E. HANSON, OF WINONA, LIINNESOTA.

" CABINET.

To all wk 0m. it may concern:

I Be it known that we, CHARLES B. Wile- ENER and Hnxnr E. Hanson,citizens of the United States, residing at W'inona, in the county ofWinona and State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and/useful In1-provements in Cabinets; and we do declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in cabinets forphonograph records.

The principal object ofthe invention is the rovision of an improveddevice of this kind y means of which thcrecords may be convenientlyarranged in position within the cabinet in such a manner as to permit ofready access thereto.

IVith these and other objects in view, the invention consists of certainnovel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts, aswill be more fully described and particularly pointed out in theappended claims;

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation of a cabinetconstructed in accordance with the invention, parts broken away; Fig. 2is a vertical transverse section taken on line 22 of Fig. 1, a number ofthe drawers of the front series swung into oocn position; Fig. 3 is ahorizontal section, taken on line 3-3 of Fig. 2; Fig. 4 is a plan viewon an enlarged scale of one of the drawers; Fig. 5 is a cross sectiontakenon line 5 5 of Fig. 4, and Fig. 6 is a longitudinal section takenon line 6-6 of Fig. 4.

In the embodiment illustrated an upright cabinet 1 is shown comprisingside pieces 2 provided with inwardly extending front and rear backstrips 3 and 4 respectively. A vertical series of spaced horizontallydisposed supporting shelves 5 is arranged at the front and also attheback of the cabinet, with the outer side edges of the shelves flush withthe outer faces of the front and back strips, the opposite ends of theshelves being formed with reduced portions 6, the inner faces of whichtit snugly against the inner faces of the front and back strips and theends of which fit in corresponding sockets or recesses formed ISpecification of Letters Patent i Application filed June 8, I908.'SEI'iM'NOJQTQJi).

Patented Sept. 22, 190$.

in upright supporting strips 7 arranged at the inner corners of thecabinet. A series of 7 drawers 8 is arranged at the front and rear ofthe cabinet, each of said drawers being of approximately rhomboidal formor com rising parallel side pieces 9 connected by ob iquely disposed endpieces 10. Each series of drawers is pivoted in position to the cabinetat one of its front corners by an upright pivot rod 11 which extendsthrough corresponding apertures 12 in the shelves and through tubularblocks 13 arranged at the adjacent innercorners of the drawers.

In practice, each series of drawers is iv, oted near the adjacent sideof the cabinet and are provided-at their opposite corners with catches14 adapted to engage with corresponding sockets or recesses formed inthe inner side edges of the adjacent front and back strips 3 and 4respectively. A record holder 16 of approximately rhomboidal shaic isarranged in each of the drawers, said holder comprising two or moreseries of corresponding tubes 17 which may be con nected or casttogether to form the holder in one single piece, this latter methodbeing possibly preferable as the several tubes would not be so apt tobecome separated. '80 Each record holder is slidably mounted in itsrespective drawer upon supporting strips 18 arranged on the inner facesof the front and back pieces of the drawer a suitable distance from thebottom 19 thereof. outer portions of each series of tubes beingflattened as at 20, to slide against the front and back pieces. Thefront piece of each of the drawers is of somewhat greater width than therear piece and is provided with two or more longitudinally spaced cleats21 un der which are adapted to slide a corresponding number of the frontseries of tubes when the record holder is arranged in the positionindicated.

A securing block 26 is arranged between the inner face of the back pieceand two of i the tubes of the rear series of each of the. record holdersto hold the latter against longit-udinal movement or displacement within100 its respective drawer, said securing block being detachably heldinposition by a fastening screw 27 srrewing through the rear or backpiece of the drawer into the block. To

The 85 V remove either of the record holders from position it is onlynecessary to remove its se" curing block 26 or if. desired the fasteningscrew of the block mav only be removed when the holder may be slidlongitudinally within its drawer a suflicient distance to disengage thefront series of tubes from the cleats '21 after which operation theholder may be readily liftedfrom position. Each of the drawers isprovided with a lining of felt or other cushioning material to provide abed for the lower ends of the records which as is evidentare arranged inremovable position by inserting them through the respective tubes of theholders. '1. he end piece at the pivoted end of each of the drawers isprovided with a stop 29 of cork or other suitable material which ispreferably fitted in a socket in the outer face of said end piece and isadapted to abut against the adjacent side of the cabinet when its draweris in normal or closed position. Each of the drawers is also provided atits corner adjacent to said stop with a. downwardly extending pin 30which is adapted to be receir d by a spring metal keeper plate 31screwed or otherwise attached to the inner side edges ofthe supportingshelves when the drawers are swung outwardly to a position approximatelyat right angles with the cabinet. If desired, the

tubes of the record holders may be provided with fleece linings 3?. toprovide a bed for each of the records. The front piece of each of thedrawers is provided with a. plate holder 35 33 to receive a card orplate bearing the nature of the records contained in that particulardrawer. 'It is to be understood ofcourse that each record holder mayembrace any desired number of series of tubes and that 40 each series ofdrawers may comprise any desired number according to the capacitydesired.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection wit-h theaccompanying drawings, the construction and operation of the invention.will be readily understood without requiring a more extendedexplanation.

Various changes in the form, proportion and the minor details ofconstruction may be resorted to without departing from the principle orsacrificing any of the advantages of theinvention, as defined in theappended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what 5 we claim as new is:

1. An upright cabinet of the class specified comprising a front and backvertical series of su por-ting shelves, each of the shelves provir ed inits inner side edge with a catch receiving socket a pivot rod extendingthrough each series of she vcs, and afront and back series of recordcontaining drawers arranged to swing in a horizontal plane on thesupport-mg corners with a tubular block to receive the pivot rod andatits opposite corner with-a catch adapted to enter the socket of itssupporting shelf and hold the drawer in a posi tion approximately atright-angles with the cabinet.

shelves, each of the drawers of the respective series being formedat oneof its front outer.

2. In a record cabinet, a drawer, longitudinally extending su portingstri s arranged at the 1111101f21C6S of t 1e front and Jack pieces ofthe drawer and extending from one end of the drawer to within a suitabledistance of the opposite end thereof, a record holder com-- nectedtubes, su porting strips arranged at I the inrer faces 0' the front andrear pieces of the d al '1 r and extending from one end of the diasupport l e record ho der above the bottom of "the drah'cr, a series ofcleats arran' ed at the innci faceof the front piece of the drawer toengage a ljacent of the front series of tubes and a secur' rear piece ofseries of tubes.

4. A cabinet o ntg gblock arranged between the heltlrawcr and two of therear tithe class described comprising a drawer, supo'orting stri )sarranged at the inner faces ofthefront and rear pieces of the drawer andextending from one end thereof the greater portion of its length, astrip of cushioning material arranged in the bottom of the drawer, arecord holder comprising a'number of series. of integral tubes, theouter portions of the front and back series of tubes being flattened toslideagainst the front and back pieces of the drawer, a series of cleatsarranged at the inner face of the front )iece to engage the edges of thefront se;

ries 0 tubes, and a securing block detachably positioned between theback piece of the drawer and adjacent of the rear series of tubes, thecleats serving to hold the holder against upward displacement and thesecuring block against longitudinal displacement.

5. In a record cabinet, a drawer, longitudinally extending supportingstrips arranged at the inner faces of the front'and back pieces of thedrawer and a record holder comprising a plurality of series of tubesmounted to slid Upon said supporting strips.

6. In a record cabinet, a. drawer, longitudinally extending supportingstri is arranged at the inner faces of the front and ack pieces agreater portion of its length to

